1. hand-me-downs. My mil used to work with a woman who gave us sacks upon sacks of Gymboree clothing that looked brand new.
2. garage sales
3. consignment stores--fall clothes usually start coming in after July 4th.
4. Goodwill--some stores have a quarter day (a specific day of the week and whatever color they pick, it's a quarter)
5. clearance racks--Target and Walmart have great sales

I really love Clearance at Kohl's or JC Penney because as long as you have the reciept you can return anytime. So I buy clothes for my oldest the year before put in a bin in the attic with the reciept in an envelope on the inside.

Target is 90 days return and I am not sure of Walmart policies.

I don't buy clothing really.
1. hand-me-downs
2. Hand-me-up the clothing I bought on sale or at garage sales or clearence or consignment that I give to my sis to be handed back
3. clothing for me or DH depends if I have enough left over from the grocery budget

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Kimberly Proud Mommy to Bethany Rose April 2006

If you have teens where the brand is important, hit the outlets!! You can get some great deals there!

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~Happiness is a large family~

Sometimes you can get really good deals on ebay- of course the clothing lots where the seller is not jacking up the price on shipping!

Also finding out when your childs favorite store has good mark down sales. A few years ago my oldest loved Limited Too- with their prices i could really only afford 1 pair of undies! Anyways on a whim we stopped in there in mid March and they had a great sale where we got a lot of winter BTS clothes ahead of time (and of course she did not care for Limited Too by time school came around- then it became the Gap!).